diff --git a/README b/README
index 0eb205d..3e044ec 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
_AT_@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The following programs are currently implemented:
sbase is mostly following POSIX but we deviate wherever we think it is
appropriate.

-The complement of sbase is ubase[1] which is Linux specific and
+The complement of sbase is ubase[1] which is Linux-specific and
provides all the non-portable tools. Together they are intended to
form a base system similar to busybox but much smaller and suckless.